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Monday, April 19, 2010

Guilt Free Banana Bread & Flatout Flatbread Crisp Review

Hope your week is off to a good start! I have a busy day ahead that includes working & launching Body Step at 2 clubs. I am excited to show the members the new release (its a toughie!). What do you have on tap today?

I followed her recipe almost exactly, but substituted unsweetened applesauce for the coconut oil and then added in a little guilt with some large chocolate chips. I also left a few banana chunks in the mix. The outcome:

Very tasty! I love that its just slightly sweet. I ate one slice and then gave the remaining portions to two of the instructors I'm launching Step with today.

I also received a VERY exciting package, New Flatout Baked Flatbread Crisps from the wonderful Jenn and the people at Flatout (disclaimer: I received these products for free). The company/Jenn sent me all four varieties to try, Sea Salt:

Multigrain:

Four Cheese and Garlic Herb:

Josh had his friend Jeremy over and we all dug in! We ate the chips plain first and then I made some flatbread crisp nachos for the boys:

We ALL loved the crisps! They are sort of a hybrid between the flatout wraps and your typical cracker. They have a slight crisp, but are still sort of soft/doughy. I liked the multigrain best, while Josh and his friend Jeremy liked the Sea Salt best. Very tasty! Thank you so much Jenn & Flatout!!!!

Sunday morning, I had Body Step practice and then hit up the usual brunch with Josh. You know what I got....

The rest of the day was spent enjoying the weather, doing a few errands, and cleaning.

I'm not a big coffee drinker, usually during the winter I have it more though. I like to spice it with pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon! Or if I splurge at Starbucks then a Mocha Frap light is usually on the menu.

I'm a pretty straight up coffee gal. We drink and organic grocery store brand, half decaf. Pretty boring.My MIL always brews a decaf hazelnut, and I like it a lot! Though, i don't think I'd want it every day.

OMG...i need those crisps! i had no idea this product existed, and obvs i will need to purchase to try them out for myself. and yum on the banana bread! annndddd...i drink coffee...any kind..any where...any time :)

i loved the flatout crisps -- i won them from jenn on twitter hehe. my favorite was the multigrain too! :) the banana bread looks sooo delish! you're making me want to make some now! but i suppose i should keep working on my thesis first... ;)

I haven't tried those crisps, looks like a fun snack:) I don't drink coffee, only water for me:) I am jealous you got to launch today! Ours isn't until May 1st! I am antsy! I hope it went well, I am sure it did:)

Hey girl! That bread looks amazing!! I'm sorry to ask so many vegetarian questions, but did you have a book that you started reading before you became a veg? One that maybe was geared towards athletes? Nomeatathlete kinda spurred my interest in becoming a vegetarian rather than a flexitarian after posting that trailer on his blog last week. Basically, I can't get the images out of my mind. I might eat meat a little if I know that it was ethically raised and slaughtered, but I have no urge to as of lately plus I don't have access or access to info regarding my meat in Germany. I know that they are better in Europe as far a meat production goes, but I don't know the whole story and it freaks me out. Any help? Why did you become a vegetarian?

Erica - I love your added guilt. Chocolate chips and bananas make every loaf of homemade bread much betta! :)

Oh, and totally drooling over those nachos. I haven't seen the Flatout Flatbread Crisp yet, but I think I would love them, especially in nacho form.

My favorite coffee - It's this kona brand we buy from Costco. It's the most expensive they sell, and so we rarely purchase it, but it's so good. I also love local Nashville brand Drew's Brews. Yummy. :)

I've become a serious coffee snob since living in Brazil. :) I'm still using up some from there so I don't know what I'm going to turn to when it runs out. Usually the Starbucks variety is strong enough for my tastes.